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Ofgem said that the Drax Pumped Storage has provided its full corporation with the investigation and has “proactively sought to rectify the matter”. Image: Drax.
April 12, 2021

BECCS at Drax could save UK £4.5bn in meeting fifth carbon budget says report

​A new report produced by Baringa and commissioned by Drax has found bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) could save the UK over £4.5 billion.
Image: Ørsted.
April 8, 2021

OVO agrees PPA with Ørsted for Barrow Wind Farm

​OVO Energy has entered into a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Ørsted to buy green power from its Barrow Offshore Wind Farm.
Nigel Pocklington is to take over as CEO of Good Energy. Image: Good Energy.
April 7, 2021

ROUND-UP: Good Energy announces new CEO and Limejump expands leadership team

Good Energy announces Nigel Pocklington as its new CEO, while Limejump appoints both a new CTO and COO.
The system enables renewable generation to remain on the system and avoid pre-emptive curtailment – prolonging the export of renewable energy. Image: National Grid ESO.
April 6, 2021

Greenest electricity grid record smashed on Easter Monday

​Great Britain’s grid hit the greenest it has ever been on Monday 5 April at 1pm, with carbon intensity dropping to 39gCO2/kWh.
Image: IRENA.
April 6, 2021

Global renewables capacity beats previous records as it jumps by over 260GW – IRENA

​Over 260GW of renewable energy capacity was added worldwide in 2020, beating the previous record set in 2019 by almost 50%.
SSE's Beatrice offshore wind farm. Image: SSE.
April 6, 2021

SSE sells contracting division to Aurelius in £27.5m deal as it continues strategic shift

​Big Six energy company SSE has entered into an agreement to sell its contracting division to the Aurelius Group for £27.5 million.
Image: Getty.
March 30, 2021

Ofgem orders suppliers to repay £171k for overcharging RMI customers

Four suppliers are to pay refund customers, after Ofgem found they were overcharging customers with Restricted Meter Infrastructure.
California’s sun sharing the perfect model for European electricity
March 30, 2021

Wind and solar drive record drop in global coal in 2020 – Ember

Wind and solar have driven a record fall in global coal generation in 2020, although this was heavily impacted by the low electricity demand caused by COVID-19.
Image: OVO.
March 29, 2021

OVO signs JV with Australia’s largest energy retailer AGL Energy

​OVO has signed a new joint venture that will see it licence its Kaluza platform to Australia’s largest energy retailer and generator, AGL Energy.
ScottishPower's Dersalloch wind farm. Image: ScottishPower.
March 26, 2021

Renewables meet 97.4% of Scotland's electricity consumption in 2020

​Scotland has fallen just short of its goal of 100% of its electricity consumption being from renewables in 2020, reaching 97.4% in the year.

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